Skyrocket



Oct. 27, 1925 R. w. HOLLAND SKYROCKET Filed March '7, 1925 PM ow m #0AND Stratum Patented 0a. 27, 1925.

UNITED STA ES ZPATENT'OFFICE,

RAYMOND w. HOLLAND, or KENT. on-Io.

' SKYROGKET.

Application filed March 7. 1925 Serial No. 13,578.

To all whom 1 1 may concern:

Be it known that l, RAYMOND W Hon- LAND, a. citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at- Kent, in the county of Portage and State ofOhio,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Skyrockets, ofwhich the t'ollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to tire works, and

has particular reference to an improved skyrocket and guiding, andsupporting means therefor. i

kyrockets as heretofore constructed, in

so far as I amaware, comprise a body po'r than to the'lowcr or inner endof which is attachcda rclativelylongstick by means of whichthe body isproperly guided in! its course of travel through "the air, the stickassisting to a great extentalso in facilitating supporting of theskyrocket sothatit will be projected upwardly at the desired Thefallangle or in the desired direction.

- of the remains of a skyrocket which includes this stick involvesconsid'erahledanger as is obvious, and the construction of a specialchute or guiding means 1s necessary ,for

the use of these skyro'ckets. Furthermore -th'c necessity of providingeach lndividual skyrocket, with a guiding stick ()f'.i)h1S characterinvolves considerable expense.-

The primary object of my invention is to so constructa skyrocket thatthe samewill be effectively guided without the use of a stick, mysubstituted guiding means ,dolng away with the danger incident to thefalling of skyrockets which do. have these guiding sticks.

Still another object of the invention to provide a skyrocket withcomparatively inexpensive and p more effective guiding: means which arenot, dangerous in use.

I A still further object-of the: invention is to provide means forguiding and supporting the skyrocket so that the same may be directedupwardly in the'desired direction, a member of the guiding andsupporting means being capable of use for firing a number ot similarskyrockets and doing away with the necessity-of constructing specialguide chutes-or the like.-

With the above general objectsin view,

and others that will become apparent as the nature f the invention isbetter understood, the same consists in the novel form, coml')inati0nand arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully deof skyrockets.

I scribed. shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

in the drawings. wherein like reference characters indicatecorresponding parts throughout the several views,

skyrocket associated with a guiding and supporting means, allconstructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure isfla horizontal section taken substantially upon hn'e22 of-Figure 1, and

" Figure is a-sid'e-"elevational view of the supporting memberoftheskyrocket guid mg and supporting means, drawn on a smaller scale; Ii

Referring more in detail to the drawing.

Figure l is a perspective view'showing a the present sl 'yrock'et.comprises the usual I body 5 ,which is lill'ed with a charge of owder orthe like in-the usual way and ms a pointed" upper end as at 7 so that aminimum resistance is ofi'ered to its flight 1 through the air, theusualfuse or wick 0 being extended through the bottom of the body 5tofbe ignited for firing the skyrocket in the usual manner; 1

Instead of attaching a guiding sticktothe lowerend of the sky rocket, Iprovide the 7 same with a'plurality of xternal ouiwarlly projecting;wings or fins 9, which fins are eret'erably constructed of paper oncardcard and pasted. or otherwise secured to the body so as to-extendradially to the longitudinal axis of the body 5. I have found that thewings i) will .m'crc eliectively guide the skyrocket in its flightthrough the. .air than is accomplished by the stick so that the rocketwill travel a greater distance and eta reater speed withoutmateriallydeviat- Ying mm a straight line of-travel. 1 P

In Order to support the skyrocket so that composed of parallel spacedlegs-l3-that with eyes 11 at opposite sides of the sky-.

are comparatively straight throughout their length and have their upperends free. Thisv stand or support may be constructed of a single pieceof wire formed with a loop to provide the base 12 and twisted adjacentthe loop to provide strength after which the end portions are separatedand made parallel to provide the legs 13 as clearly shown in Figure 1.Obviously, the upright portion may be flexed relative to the base so asto vary the angular relation of these parts and accordingly vary thedirection of travel of the rocket, This is indicated quite clearlyinFigure 3 by dotted lines at opposite sides of the full line position ofthe legs 13, the dotted lines indlcating a wide range of adjustment ofthe legs relative to the base 12. The element 10 is provided rocket bodyfor slidable reception of the legs 13 so that when the skyrocket isassociated with the support or stand as shown in Figure l the rocketwill be efi'ectively supported to be fired and then guided as it isprojected until the eyes 14 leave the legs- 13. The legs 13 are providedwith offset portions 15 or the like upon which the eyes 14 rest so thatthe lowering movement of the skyrocket is limited to a proper positionwith the fuse 8 maintained above the ground.

The element 10 may be constructed of a single piece of wire so as totightly embrace the body- 5 with its intermediate portion forming one ofthe loops or eyes 14 and the ends twisted to provide the other eye 14.

In use, the rocket is associated with the support as shown in Figure 1with the legs 3 extending through the eves 14 and the latter restingupon the offset portion 15 of said legs. The legs 13 are flexed relativeto the base 12 to the desired position and then the fuse'S is lighted.The rocket will be projected in the usual manner together with the wire10 and the legs 13 will guide the rocket until the eyes 14 leave theupper ends of the legs. Any suitable object of proper weightanay beplaced upon the base 12 if found necessary for preventing the devicefrom tilting over when in use, and it will be seen that I have provideda simple and comparatively inexpensive means for effectivelyfacilitating the firing of skyrockets than is presented by the usualconstruction involving guiding sticks, which means involves constructioneliminating dangers of guiding sticks mentioned above.

From the foregoing description it is believed that the construction andoperation as well as the advantages of the present invention 'will bereadily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art.

lMinor changes may be made without departing from the spirit'or thescope'of this invention, as claimed.

What I claim as new is '1. In a device of the class described, askyrocket including an elongated body provided with a liring charge andhaving a firing fuse projecting through the inner end thereof, andexternal outwardly projecting guiding wings secured to the body, andmeans for facilitating supporting and guiding of the body including anelement attached to the latter and having guiding eyes at opposite sidesthereof, and a supporting stand for the skyrocket including upwardlyprojecting spaced parallel legs adapted for slidable reception in saideyes, and means upon th legs for limiting movement of the eyes onto thelatter whereby the rocket will be supported at the desired elevationabove the ground.

2. In a device of the class described, a skyrocket including anelongated body provided with a firing charge and having a firing fuseprojecting through the inner end thereof, and external outwardlyprojecting guiding wings secured to the body, and means for facilitatingsupporting and guiding of the body including an element attached to thelatter and having guiding eyes at opposite sides thereof, and a supporting stand for the skyrocket including upwardly projecting spacedparallel legs adapted for slidable reception in said eyes, saidsupporting stand comprising a base portion flexibly associated with thelegs whereby the angle between the legs andbase may be varied fordirecting the rocket in a desired path of travel.

3. In a device of the class described, a skyrocket including anelongated body provided with a firing charge and having a firing fuseprojecting through the inner end thereof, and external outwardlyprojectin guiding wings secured to the body, an means for facilitatingsupporting and guiding of the body including an element attached to thelatter and having guiding eyes at opposite sides thereof, and asupporting stand for the skyrocket including upwardly projecting spacedparallel legs adapted for slidable reception in said eyes, saidsupporting stand comprising a base portion flexibly associated with thelegs whereby the angle between the legs and base may be varied fordirecting therocket in a desired path of travel, said legs and baseconstituting asingle piece of wire bent with its intermediate portionconstituting a loop for forming the base. i

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature RAYMOND W. HOLLAND.

